# 1985 Waterford County Council election

An election to Waterford County Council took place on 20 June 1985 as part of the Irish local elections. 23 councillors were elected from four local electoral areas (LEAs) for a five-year term of office on the electoral system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV). This term was extended for a further year, to 1991.

## Results by party

| Party | Party | Seats | ± | First Pref. votes | FPv% | ±% |
| | Fianna Fáil | 11 | 0 | 11,255 | 48.74 | |
| | Fine Gael | 10 | -1 | 8,790 | 38.06 | |
| | Labour | 2 | +1 | 1,776 | 7.69 | |
| Totals | Totals | 23 | 0 | 23,093 | 100.00 | — |

## Results by local electoral area
### Dungarvan

Dungarvan: 7 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Jackie Fahey TD* | | 911 | 931 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Labour | Billy Kyne* | | 818 | 843 | 880 | 919 | 1,016 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Patrick Kenneally* | | 739 | 745 | 754 | 778 | 783 | 785 | 832 | 834 | 973 | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Garry O'Halloran* | | 604 | 612 | 614 | 626 | 629 | 633 | 731 | 731 | 819 | 892 | 898 | 1,042 | | |
| | Fine Gael | James Harty* | | 598 | 603 | 655 | 683 | 686 | 686 | 752 | 752 | 797 | 865 | 868 | 1,053 | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Sean Whelan | | 489 | 497 | 500 | 528 | 542 | 547 | 580 | 581 | 648 | 667 | 691 | 753 | 772 | 788 |
| | Fine Gael | Simon Hanley | | 472 | 479 | 483 | 483 | 493 | 500 | 549 | 550 | 553 | 610 | 610 | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Michael O'Riordan | | 466 | 474 | 480 | 482 | 503 | 522 | 535 | 535 | 538 | 649 | 649 | 747 | 832 | 903 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Declan Goode* | | 411 | 418 | 438 | 455 | 482 | 505 | 514 | 515 | 560 | 605 | 619 | 672 | 685 | 692 |
| | Fianna Fáil | John O'Brien | | 396 | 404 | 406 | 422 | 422 | 422 | 428 | 428 | | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Jeremiah O'Brien* | | 367 | 370 | 372 | 374 | 376 | 376 | | | | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Richard Walsh | | 343 | 352 | 357 | 360 | 385 | 400 | 430 | 430 | 434 | | | | | |
| | Labour | Tommy Wade | | 230 | 237 | 249 | 263 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Seamus O Cuilliu | | 216 | 220 | 241 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Workers' Party | Tomas O Ceilleachair | | 185 | 197 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Ned Bluett | | 116 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | James Coll | | 46 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 10,309 Valid: 7,407 (72.68%) Spoilt: 86 Quota: 926 Turnout: 7,493 ||||||||||||||||||

### Kilmacthomas

Kilmacthomas: 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Tom Cunningham* | | 939 | | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Kieran O'Ryan* | | 933 | | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Oliver Coffey* | | 882 | | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Sean Fahey | | 670 | 720 | 794 | 801 | 913 | | |
| | Fine Gael | Patrick Coffey* | | 589 | 605 | 618 | 677 | 701 | 715 | 767 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Michael Hennebry* | | 443 | 472 | 492 | 494 | 525 | 570 | 674 |
| | Sinn Féin | Jackie Whelan | | 215 | 221 | 227 | 229 | 238 | 242 | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Noel Fleming | | 168 | 199 | 212 | 217 | | | |
| Electorate: 8,054 Valid: 4,839 (60.88%) Spoilt: 61 Quota: 807 Turnout: 4,903 |||||||||||

### Lismore

Lismore: 4 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| | Fine Gael | Willie McDonnell* | | 1,074 | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | James Quirke* | | 953 | | | |
| | Fine Gael | James Walsh* | | 758 | 871 | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Ollie Wilkinson | | 728 | 751 | 781 | 834 |
| | Fianna Fáil | James Tobin | | 612 | 659 | 715 | 795 |
| | Labour | Brendan Herlihy | | 99 | | | |
| | Labour | James Kennedy | | 92 | | | |
| Electorate: 5,907 Valid: 4,316 (73.84%) Spoilt: 46 Quota: 864 Turnout: 4,362 ||||||||

### Tramore

Tramore: 7 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Paddy Cahill* | | 878 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Michael Queally* | | 784 | 788 | 806 | 810 | 846 | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | John Carey* | | 769 | 781 | 826 | | | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Brian Swift | | 657 | 662 | 667 | 678 | 770 | 795 | 862 | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Con Casey | | 544 | 546 | 583 | 586 | 606 | 743 | 880 | | | |
| | Labour | Brian O'Shea | | 537 | 554 | 559 | 562 | 579 | 605 | 719 | 723 | 769 | 783 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Seamus Dunphy* | | 509 | 517 | 522 | 541 | 645 | 654 | 706 | 709 | 724 | 748 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Geoff Power* | | 490 | 492 | 496 | 502 | 549 | 667 | 678 | 683 | 685 | 692 |
| | Independent | Maureen O'Carroll | | 418 | 427 | 435 | 437 | 445 | 455 | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Noel McDonagh | | 371 | 374 | 403 | 404 | 406 | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Peter Griffin | | 329 | 335 | 339 | 351 | | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Bernie Flanagan | | 169 | 171 | | | | | | | | |
| | Workers' Party | Paddy Gallagher | | 76 | | | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 11,583 Valid: 6,531 (56.38%) Quota: 817 ||||||||||||||